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CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…
CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St. John, or, Christs prayer before his passion explicated, and both practically and polemically improved by Anthony Burgess ...
London: printed by Abraham Miller for Thomas Underhill, 1656
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Sermon 47: Of Gods Propriety in his People as the Ground of all the Good that accrueth to them.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
And first Pardon of sin in which the Psalmist speaks our blessedness to consist is given us because we are hi•. Thus Heb. 8. when God promised to be the God of his People in the Covenant of Grace, Then followeth the Forgiveness of their sins, And he will remember their Iniquities no more; And this they must necessarily enjoy, For Guilt of sin separateth between God and the sinner, it makes him at a distance, and in a state of Enmity; But this propriety takes away all Ground of Condemnation, Rom. 8. Because they belong to God therefore they are pardoned; Davids sins were fouler then Sauls; But besides that David had a better heart then Saul; David had a propriety in God, and so had not Saul: Oh the Encouragement that Gods Children have upon this account to pray for pardon: It's more in God then in thy Repentance or Tears; That is the surest Refuge they have, they are the Fathers: Therefore
And first Pardon of sinne in which the Psalmist speaks our blessednesse to consist is given us because we are hi•. Thus Heb. 8. when God promised to be the God of his People in the Covenant of Grace, Then followeth the Forgivenesse of their sinnes, And he will remember their Iniquities no more; And this they must necessarily enjoy, For Guilt of sinne separateth between God and the sinner, it makes him at a distance, and in a state of Enmity; But this propriety takes away all Ground of Condemnation, Rom. 8. Because they belong to God therefore they are pardoned; Davids sinnes were fouler then Sauls; But besides that David had a better heart then Saul; David had a propriety in God, and so had not Saul: Oh the Encouragement that Gods Children have upon this account to pray for pardon: It's more in God then in thy Repentance or Tears; That is the surest Refuge they have, they are the Fathers: Therefore